George Bridgetower Essay Prize

Deadline: 1 September 2025

This essay competition with a £1000 prize was established by the Alexander Crummell Fund, which was initiated to provide ongoing support for anti-racism work at the University and funded through philanthropic donors including Professor Henry Louis Gates JR. This is the third year of the competition, which is currently coordinated by the Black Advisory Hub.

It is named after George Bridgetower, who studied at Trinity Hall and was awarded a music degree in 1811. The competition was founded to provide a forum for students to share their insights into historical and contemporary experiences of race at Cambridge, and create space for Black knowledge-making practices.

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